The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-07-01

They are not an intellectual looking set of
Cinnamon, but they are perhaps the most
expert imitators in the world. They get
caught, however, and quite a number of them
are now in the penitentiaries.
Women counterfeiters are Of all ages and
styles. Some are very pretty and others so
homely that the Witch of Endor would look
like Venus beside them. CounterfeiGing often
runs in families, and Col. Brooks, the head of
the secret service, once told me that he
thought it somewhat hereditary. These
women are more successful than men in get.
ting rid of the counterfeit money, and they
can pass it where men would fail. Nearly
every gang of counterfeiters has one or two
women passers in it, and in families where
the counterfeiting is done the women or wives
of the counterfeiters often attempt to put the
spurious money into circulation.
The money is not, as rule, passed out in
its new shape. There are various methods of
making the bills look old and giving them the
appearance of having been handled. They
are sometimes dipped in weak coffee to give
them o brownish tint, oil is used to produce
the effect of finger marks, and the bills are
rubbed this way and that until they are soft
and lose their rustling nature.
am told that there is scarcely an issue OF
our money which has not been counterfeited,
and Isaw in this scrap book counterfeit notes
3 OF all descriptions. One curiosity was a
$1,000 coupon of 1881, and the government
has 204 of these bonds which they captured
just before they were ready to be put upon
the country. It is OH excellent imitation,
and it is impossible for the ordinary man to
iletect the difference between it and the
original It was engraved by Smith, man
Il g. f.1xp nvyfv1
:. ,fIice in New York which engraved the
government money There were three men
N the scheme. Smith, Brockway and Doyle.
Smith was the engraver, Brockway the
manager and the brains OF the plot and
Doyle was to be the shower. Smith is one of
he finest engravers in the United States, and
no said that he worked three years on the.
dates for this bond He lived in Brooklyn
and did his work there. After they were
completed DOYLE started out to circulate
them. He was captured with the bonds IN
his possession on railroad train just before
reaching Chicago. He had $47 600 IN coun-
terfeit money upon his person, and If he had
Int a few minutes more he would have dis-
posed of his bonds. Smith got off by turning
s.nte,s evidence, and Brockway managed TO
pet away upon the same grounds. Doyle got
twelve years in the penitentiary and BROCK
way is now serving Ave years sentence for
having forged some railroad bonds. Smith
confessed while ON trial that he had been
counterfeiting all the time that he had been
working for the government, and It was
found that he had been counterfeiting Sloo
bills. / here looked at specimens OF Smiths
counterfeiting. His 500 bills would pass
anywhere, and the guard tells me that one OF
the lady counters of the treasury detected
this from her familiarity with his work as o
government engraver. Like mans hand-
writing, he could not disguise his Originality.
aHave any other Of the government bonds
been counterfeitedg - L asked the guard.
ayes; there was a counterfeit severai years
aco Of the old 7-30 issue. Jay Cooke TOOK
number of these bonds, and the treasury oe-
partnent redeemed $4,000 Of them DeloEs
their character was discovered Inc govern